The 2020 Census of American Religion  —  THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE IN 2020  —  The American Religious Landscape in 2020  —  According to PRRI's 2020 American Values Atlas, seven in ten Americans (70%) identify as Christian, including more than four in ten who identify as white Christian …

Five undervaccinated clusters put the entire United States at risk  —  (CNN)A new data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people, most of them in the southern United States, that are vulnerable to surges in Covid-19 cases and could become breeding grounds for even more deadly Covid-19 variants.

‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master's Degrees That Don't Pay Off  —  Columbia and other top universities push master's programs that fail to generate enough income for graduates to keep up with six-figure federal loans  —  Recent film program graduates of Columbia University …

U.S. citizen among suspects arrested in assassination of Haitian president, senior official says  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.S. citizen of Haitian descent has been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, a senior official here said Thursday.

Disgraced Trump foe Michael Avenatti weeps as he is sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for Nike extortion scheme  — Michael Avenatti, the brash attorney who became a leading foe of then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for a brazen botched scheme …

Toyota to stop donating to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Biden's win  —  Toyota announced Thursday that its political action committee would no longer make donations to Republican members of Congress who objected to certifying the presidential election results in January …

Why I'm Suing Big Tech  —  If Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can censor me, they can censor you—and believe me, they are.  —  One of the gravest threats to our democracy today is a powerful group of Big Tech corporations that have teamed up with government to censor the free speech of the American people.

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg's Partnership Did Not Survive Trump  —  The company they built is wildly successful.  But her Washington wisdom didn't hold up, and neither did their close working relationship.  —  Sheryl Sandberg knew she'd be asked about the attacks on the Capitol.

I've Always Suspected “Cat Person” Was Based on My Life.  Now I Know It Was.
  —  Kristen Roupenian's viral story draws specific details from my own life.  I've spent the years since it published wondering: How did she know?  —  One night in December of 2017, I saw Call Me by Your Name …

The Supreme Court's Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It Seems  —  It's been almost a week since the Supreme Court issued its most significant ruling on voting rights in nearly a decade, and each time I read Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the angrier I become.

Inside Donald Trump's Last Days in the White House and Plans for a Comeback  —  The president's effort to overturn the election alienated much of his inner circle—but solidified his dominance of the GOP.  Now he's planning his return.  —  On the morning of Nov. 7, 2020 …

An ugly new right-wing attack poses a test for populists like J.D. Vance  —  J.D. Vance, who is running for Senate in Ohio, is packaging himself as a second-generation Trumpist candidate, a conservative populist alternative to traditional plutocratic Republicanism.  It's a seductive pitch.

Biden puts faith behind Afghan troops while defending U.S. withdrawal  —  President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a forceful defense of his decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan and denied it was inevitable that the Taliban would eventually topple the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.

Gettr by the Pu$$y  —  [Note: This article includes sexually explicit language and a gross screenshot from Gettr users.]  —  Ahhh, internet forum moderation policy debates.  —  Right-wing politicians and pundits will have you believe that their victimization at the hands of overzealous online censors …

Live free and die: Inside the bizarre political philosophy of America's unvaccinated  —  A couple of weeks ago, I drove two hours north to the hillside town of Olyphant, Pa., just outside Scranton, to meet with a Donald Trump superfan for a book project I've been working on.

Deal of the art: White House grapples with ethics of Hunter Biden's pricey paintings  —  White House officials have helped craft an agreement under which purchases of Hunter Biden's artwork — which could be listed at prices as high as $500,000 — will be kept confidential from even the artist himself …

Four States Start Inquiries Into Recurring Donation Tactics of Both Parties  —  Letters to WinRed and ActBlue, which process online campaign donations for Republicans and Democrats respectively, ask for documents related to their use of prechecked boxes.  —  Four state attorneys general …

Naming the Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Unarmed Jan. 6 Rioter Ashli Babbitt  —  At top, pistol drawn in the House chamber, a plainclothes black officer who fits the description of Michael L. Byrd.  His name was apparently divulged at a hearing as the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt.

How May Edwards became the forgotten whistleblower  —  By the time Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards stood before Judge Gregory Woods in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan last month, she had lost her job, her car, her home and had spent nearly three years on supervised release, awaiting a likely prison sentence.

Coronavirus almost certainly came from an animal, not a lab leak, top scientists argue  —  US intelligence working on report about Covid-19 origins  —  (CNN)The coronavirus pandemic almost certainly originated from an animal, probably at a wildlife market in China, and not from a laboratory leak …

Texas Republicans Reveal Bills of Far-Reaching Voting Restrictions  —  In their second attempt to pass a sweeping elections overhaul, Republican lawmakers followed the broad outlines of the first, including a wide range of measures to limit voting access.  —  Republicans in the Texas Legislature …

Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize booster dose of COVID vaccine as Delta variant spreads  —  Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) plans to ask U.S. regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk …

The engineered conservative panic over critical race theory, explained  —  Washington (CNN)A version of this story appeared in CNN's Race Deconstructed newsletter.  To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here.  —  Spare a thought for critical race theory.  It wasn't always a conservative bogeyman.

Trump charged Secret Service nearly $10,200 in May for agents' rooms  —  Former president Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, N.J., charged the Secret Service nearly $10,200 for guest rooms used by his protective detail during Trump's first month at the club this summer, newly released spending records show.

The Social Credit Security State  —  Our woke ruling class intends to use both private and public enterprise to police and punish hearts and minds.  —  President Ronald Reagan famously said, “the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government …

Why Current Democratic Strategy Probably Won't Work  —  The Biden Boom Is Not Enough  —  The Democrats have a plan for 2022.  It's called the Biden boom.  Into that boom will be folded Democratic policy successes like the vaccine rollout, the American Rescue Plan and, possibly …

Voters Across Parties Support The Infrastructure Bill  —  After weeks of negotiation, Congress has reached a bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill.  If passed, the proposed legislation would make long overdue investments to rebuild our infrastructure, create jobs, and help to close the country's digital divide.

Critical Race Theory Is Making Both Parties Flip-Flop  —  Among the dozens of bills filed by Republicans to restrict how educators teach about race, perhaps none was more carefully written than the one in North Carolina.  And therein lies the larger problem with such bills …

GOP candidate says he hides his abortion positions from voters  —  Glenn Youngkin, the Republican Party's gubernatorial candidate in Virginia this year, sat down with the Washington Post in late May to talk about his candidacy.  Asked how he might change state laws on guns and abortion, Youngkin “repeatedly evaded the topics.”

We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals  —  ‘Anom’ phones used in an FBI honeypot are mysteriously showing up on the secondary market.  We bought one.  —  Joseph Cox  —  The sleek, black phone seems perfectly normal.  —  Unlocking the Google Pixel 4a with a PIN code reveals …

‘Legally Blonde’ Oral History: From Raunchy Script to Feminist Classic  —  Along the way, adult zingers were edited out, Jennifer Coolidge struggled with the “bend and snap” and the ending was changed at least three times.  —  In 2001, Reese Witherspoon was already on her way to becoming a household name.

Harris to announce $25 million DNC investment to aid voting access … WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will announce Thursday a $25 million investment by the Democratic National Committee to support efforts to protect voting access ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

The steady erosion of Trump-hate is a growing problem for Team Biden  —  Infinitely slowly, some of the most vocal Donald Trump-haters are tentatively dropping out of lockstep with the Biden administration and the serried ranks of its docile, fervent political propaganda apparatus.

It's not certain rising wages will be enough to outpace inflation  — As inflation takes hold, wages may increase, too.  — The question is, will it be enough to outpace the rise in prices.  —  These industries may face the most pressure from rising wages

One Weird Trick to Force Billionaires to Pay Taxes  —  The ‘economic substance doctrine’ could be employed by the IRS to crack down on tax avoidance.  —  Peter Thiel speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dining Room of the White House, June 19, 2017, in Washington.